Whose ready to get the heck out of the house and run for the hills?! SAME but before you run for the hills, consider whose land you will be running to! Clare discusses this while looking at new COVID-19 data coming out of the Navajo Nation. Then, Clare and the incomparable JULIE MCCLOSKEY sit down and talk about how to treat your body like the priceless masterpiece it is, and the logistics of impulsively moving to Wyoming. Come listen for a wild ride! Love you! Xoxo

Social Media:
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs
Julie's IG: @_wildandwell
Wild & Well Coaching and Consults: http://wildandwell.fit/

This is truly a stupid, confusing time to be alive, so there is no time like the present to discuss the stupid, confusing sport of ultra running! After looking at the stupid patterns of ultra runners around the world during lockdown, Clare sits down with the dumbest of them all, ELLA RAFF, to discuss all things ultra running: DNFing (did not finishing), getting stalked by cougars, and celebrating suffering as an essential truth of life. Happy listening, bitches! Love youuuuu Xoxo
Ella's IG: @redridinghoodella
Ella's blog: Rambling Red
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs

Do you know what's really cool and sexy and shows what an outdoor advocate and regulation hottie you are? STAYING HOME! Just do it. Pinky promise, this episode will sound just as good from the comfort of your home or on a nice little socially-distant walk in your neighborhood as it would in the Sierra!
You know who also is staying home right now? This episode's guest, AYESHA aka HEAPS! We talk falling in love on trail, falling out of love off trail, what it's like to third wheel for 1,000 miles, and how Saturn fucked up Ayesha's life for the better. Come hang out with us! You literally have nothing else to do right now so you might as well...xoxo love youuuu bitches
Ayesha's IG: @wilderbound
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs
Podcast email: [email protected]

Do you want to know what the best part of Canada is? Hint—it’s not Canada’s biased, colonial media outlets. No, it’s wildfire-fighter, ice hockey bruiser, and powder hunter, AJ FRANKLE! The girls took a break from skiing sweet lines in the Lizard Range and shooting plum liquor shots with the boiz (don’t ask) to sit down in AJ’s bed to talk all things firefighter—from the gender politics to the training schedule. Get ready to hose yourself down, because guaranteed you’ll be hot and heavy in love with AJ by the end of this episode. Happy listening, bitches! As always, rooting for you. Xoxo

Can't wait another two weeks? Have an amazing backcountry story you want the world to hear? Come say hi on social media or via email: [email protected]

Social Media:
Podcast's IG: @backcountrybtchs
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
AJ's IG: @amandajfrankel

News Articles:
Troy Young: Open Letter to Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs After Tsayu Clan Meeting
Ruth Hopkins: It is Not the Wet'suwet'en Who Are Hurting Canada

The other day, another teacher asked Clare’s class what was celebrated in February, expecting Valentine's Day or Black History Month or MAYBE President's Day, but they all  shouted “MS. CLARE’S BIRTHDAY,” because they have their priorities straight! To celebrate this historic, futuristic, and monumental occasion, Clare planned a super special double feature episode! This first instalment introduces climber, dirtbag, mudslide connoisseur, and Clare's ex-roommate CHELSEA! Find out why Chad is the worst! Be soothed by Chelsea’s calm voice and inspired by her badass stories! Get cozy, get curious, and as always, rooting for you! Xoxo
Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs
Podcast email: [email protected]
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Chelsea's IG: @chelsea_chronicles
Chelsea's Blog: https://chelseachronicles751925320.wordpress.com

The other day, another teacher asked Clare’s class what was celebrated in February, expecting Valentine's Day or Black History Month or MAYBE President's Day, but they all shouted “MS. CLARE’S BIRTHDAY,” because they have their priorities straight! To celebrate this historic, futuristic, and monumental occasion, Clare planned (for herself!) a super special double feature episode! In this instalment Chelsea (who y’all met in the first half) interviews Clare’s about the highs and lows of being the world’s worst trip planner, definitive beta on which areas have the most dark spirits, and her hopes of finding a weathered/buff/femme surfing/skiing (so many slashes, fam) mentor. Get cozy, get curious, and as always, rooting for you! Xoxo
CW: Sexual Assault
Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs
Podcast email: [email protected]
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Chelsea's IG: @chelsea_chronicles
Chelsea's Blog: https://chelseachronicles751925320.wordpress.com

One more time all together, fam, CONSCIENTIOUS CONSUMERISM IS A MYTH. Okay, now that that’s out of the way and we’re all registered to vote, we’re ready to get listening! The episode starts off by highlighting badbass bitches Caroline Gleich and Katie Boué staging a climate rally at outdoor retailers convention, and then Clare gets cozy with a couple glasses of wine and the one and only Maiza! The women talk climbing grades, being ultra competitive with your partner, falling down (A LOT), and growing up in the jungle?!?!?! Although Maiza refuses to make jaguar noises on air, you will not be disappointed as she regales Clare with her tales of adventure across both Americas. Clare teaches Maiza what the word drowning means! Maiza teaches Clare that "army" is not a catch-all phrase for people in the military! Happy listening (and learning), bitches. As always, rooting for you! Xoxo
Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Maiza's IG: @maizalimarock

Is the Ikon Pass evil? Is Clare evil for having the Ikon Pass? Is Powder (the snow, not the magazine) evil for making Clare want to have the Ikon Pass in the first place? These truly are the haunting questions of the season.
In not-so-haunting news, this episode's guest Julia Schertzer is a doll! We talk about things like setting boundaries in the backcountry as well as in relationships, how to pee in front of your partner, and vomiting up and down the Grand Canyon. This episode was also brought to you FROM THE VAN JULIA IS LIVING IN (so excuse the occasional sounds of traffic), so you are getting the most authentic van lyfe experience imaginable in this episode. Happy listening, bitches! As always rooting for you! Xoxo
Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Julia's IG: @sweetkoshersalt
Julia and Skyler's Van Life/Band IG: @sky.jewels.van.tour
Julia and Skyler's Van Life Blog: High Voltage Clouds

2019 is winding down, and Clare is ready to celebrate like the basic bitch she is with a little “year in review” action! But dwelling in the past should only be done in moderation, so she also sat down with yoga goddess and environmental artist and activist, ROSIE about her upcoming move to her native home, Haiti, to start sustainable yoga and wellness retreat called Roots to Reforestation. Roots to Reforestation will focus on reversing deforestation through community efforts and personal practice. Basically the most magical sounding retreat in the world. Your welcome in advance for all of the wisdom Rosie drops! Just think of it as an early Christmas gift. But for everyone! A present matter what religion you celebrate!

Podcast IG: @backcountrybtchs
Clare's IG: @miss.clare.in.the.wild
Rosie's IG: @rosieinspace
From Roots to Reforestation: https://www.gofundme.com/f/4rc3f-haiti-2020

Guys calm down, backcountry isn’t suing the podcast…. unfortunately (that free exposure though!). While Clare recovers from not being popular enough for backcountry.com to sue, the seasons change, pumpkin spice comes and is way too soon replaced with gingerbread and eggnog (it’s not even Thanksgiving? Santa go home you’re drunk), and the first whiffs of ski season waft down from the cascades. Mmmmm, the smell of sending and yard sale-ing is so sweet! 

Speaking of pumpkin spice and everything nice, this weeks guest, KELSEY MARA, is just a SWEETheart. Clare and Kelsey get weird, serious, goofy, and inspirational while talking about life’s highs (bike touring across foreign countries, climbing literal and figurative mountains, making sweet, sweet puns) and lows (walking pneumonia, living with the dude who just dumped your ass, crippling depression). Grab whatever seasonal beverage you want, get cozy, and enjoy! 

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podcast ig: @backcountrybtchs

Clare’s ig: @miss.clare.in.the.wild

Kelsey’s ig: @onecrazycyclist